154. The expression may be understood almost literally:
Olympiodorus says, **** may signify a sack or a loose
garment; and this method of entangling and catching an
enemy, laciniis contortis, was much practised by the Huns
(Ammian. xxxi. 2). II fut pris vif avec des filets, is the
translation of Tillemont, Hist. des Empereurs, tom. v. p.
608.